Step Back in Time With This 1940s & 1950s Games Trivia
1.
Which board game, released in 1944, is sold in Brazil as "Detective"?
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Clue
2.
Where is a normal game of "Diplomacy" set?
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Answer:
Early 20th Century Europe
3.
What toy did French inventor Arthur Granjean develop in the late 1950's?
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Answer:
Etch-A-Sketch
4.
In 1957, the Wham-O Company bought the rights to which flying disk game?
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Answer:
Frisbee
5.
What was a 1950's children's game that required nothing more than chairs and music?
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Musical Chairs
6.
Which game, invented in 1948, uses a game board with 225 squares on it?
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Scrabble
7.
When the "Hula Hoop" was first sold in America, what was its selling price?
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$1.98
8.
Who invented the game "Clue" and was actually a specialist in savage murder?
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Answer:
Anthony E. Pratt
9.
Which game, created in 1959, involved buying, selling and trading?
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Big Business
10.
Which card game, invented in Uruguay in the late 1940's, is named for the Spanish word "basket"?
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Canasta
11.
Which television network aired the game show "I've Got a Secret" starting in 1952?
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CBS
12.
What game, invented in 1944, includes a character named Miss Scarlett?
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Answer:
Clue
13.
What British game, invented in 1944, is called "Clue" in the USA?
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Answer:
Cluedo
14.
What game was invented by Allan Calhamer in the 1950's?
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Diplomacy
15.
When it was introduced at a toy fair in 1959, what was the "Etch-A-Sketch" called?
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Answer:
DoodleMaster Magic Screen
16.
Which popular game from the 1950's got its name from a pie plate manufacturer?
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Answer:
Frisbee
17.
Which 1959 board game was a spin-off of a TV show featuring a character named Eddie Haskell?
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Answer:
Leave It To Beaver Money Maker
18.
When "Play-Doh" was released in 1956, what colors were available?
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Answer:
Only White
19.
What 1950's board game had cards showing Bluto, Cap'n Snook, Hygmy Pygmy and Mad Prof Whatasnozzle?
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Answer:
Popeye The Sailor Man
20.
The object of which 1950's game was for one of many players to touch the player who was "it"?
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Answer:
Red Light, Green Light
21.
Which board game is named for a word that means "to grope frantically"?
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Answer:
Scrabble
22.
"Play-Doh" was originally tested in the 1950's for what use?
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Answer:
Wallpaper Cleaner
23.
The game "Cluedo" was first sold in which year?
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Answer:
1948
24.
In which year was "Scrabble" introduced?
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1948
25.
When was the "Hula Hoop" first manufactured?
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Answer:
1958
26.
What did players do in the game "Word Fun"?
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Anagrams
27.
The couple who invented "Yahtzee" in 1954 were from which country?
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Canada
28.
What did children learn from the "Winner Spinner" game?
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Colors
29.
According to an industry survey, which card game was most popular with men in 1940?
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Answer:
Contract Bridge
30.
According to an industry survey, which card game was the most popular for women in 1940?
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Answer:
Contract Bridge
31.
The "Slinky" debuted in 1945 at which department store?
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Gimbels
32.
The game pieces in "Easy Money" are pawns and what?
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Answer:
Houses
33.
After inventing the 1940's "Slinky" and mass-marketing it in the 1950's, what did Richard James do?
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Answer:
Joined A Cult In Bolivia
34.
What were the game pieces in the 1950's board game "Billionaire"?
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Answer:
Marbles
35.
In 1959, Transogram released a two-sided game board for playing both "Ace-Hi Horse Race" and what?
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Answer:
Michigan Rummy
36.
Six sets of which game disappeared from the 1959 American National Exhibition in Moscow?
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Answer:
Monopoly
37.
What is the name of the man on the front of the "Monopoly" box?
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Answer:
Mr. Monopoly
38.
Which newspaper game was made by the makers of "Monopoly"?
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Answer:
Scoop
39.
The object of which 1940's board game was to race a yacht around the playing board?
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Answer:
Ship Ahoy
40.
The inventor of "Scrabble" used which newspaper to decide how many tiles would be in his game?
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Answer:
The New York Times
41.
What was the original name of "Yahtzee" when it was invented in 1954?
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Answer:
The Yacht Game
42.
Which mystery game, created in 1956, was based on literary hero Ellery Queen?
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Answer:
Trapped
43.
Which television game show was investigated in 1959 by the House Committee on Legislative Oversight?
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Answer:
Twenty One
44.
Which 1949 game was invented to entertain children with polio?
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Answer:
Candy Land
45.
Which board game, released in 1944, is sold in Brazil as "Detective"?
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Answer:
Clue
46.
Where is a normal game of "Diplomacy" set?
Hide Answer
Answer:
Early 20th Century Europe
47.
What toy did French inventor Arthur Granjean develop in the late 1950's?
Hide Answer
Answer:
Etch-A-Sketch
48.
In 1957, the Wham-O Company bought the rights to which flying disk game?
Hide Answer
Answer:
Frisbee
49.
What was a 1950's children's game that required nothing more than chairs and music?
Hide Answer
Answer:
Musical Chairs
50.
Which game, invented in 1948, uses a game board with 225 squares on it?
Hide Answer
Answer:
Scrabble
51.
When the "Hula Hoop" was first sold in America, what was its selling price?
Hide Answer
Answer:
$1.98
52.
Who invented the game "Clue" and was actually a specialist in savage murder?
Hide Answer
Answer:
Anthony E. Pratt
53.
Which game, created in 1959, involved buying, selling and trading?
Hide Answer
Answer:
Big Business
54.
Which card game, invented in Uruguay in the late 1940's, is named for the Spanish word "basket"?
Hide Answer
Answer:
Canasta
55.
Which television network aired the game show "I've Got a Secret" starting in 1952?
Hide Answer
Answer:
CBS
56.
What game, invented in 1944, includes a character named Miss Scarlett?
Hide Answer
Answer:
Clue
57.
What British game, invented in 1944, is called "Clue" in the USA?
Hide Answer
Answer:
Cluedo
58.
What game was invented by Allan Calhamer in the 1950's?
Hide Answer
Answer:
Diplomacy
59.
When it was introduced at a toy fair in 1959, what was the "Etch-A-Sketch" called?
Hide Answer
Answer:
DoodleMaster Magic Screen
60.
Which popular game from the 1950's got its name from a pie plate manufacturer?
Hide Answer
Answer:
Frisbee
61.
Which 1959 board game was a spin-off of a TV show featuring a character named Eddie Haskell?
Hide Answer
Answer:
Leave It To Beaver Money Maker
62.
When "Play-Doh" was released in 1956, what colors were available?
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Answer:
Only White
63.
What 1950's board game had cards showing Bluto, Cap'n Snook, Hygmy Pygmy and Mad Prof Whatasnozzle?
Hide Answer
Answer:
Popeye The Sailor Man
64.
The object of which 1950's game was for one of many players to touch the player who was "it"?
Hide Answer
Answer:
Red Light, Green Light
65.
Which board game is named for a word that means "to grope frantically"?
Hide Answer
Answer:
Scrabble
66.
"Play-Doh" was originally tested in the 1950's for what use?
Hide Answer
Answer:
Wallpaper Cleaner
67.
The game "Cluedo" was first sold in which year?
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Answer:
1948
68.
In which year was "Scrabble" introduced?
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Answer:
1948
69.
When was the "Hula Hoop" first manufactured?
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Answer:
1958
70.
What did players do in the game "Word Fun"?
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Answer:
Anagrams
71.
The couple who invented "Yahtzee" in 1954 were from which country?
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Answer:
Canada
72.
What did children learn from the "Winner Spinner" game?
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Answer:
Colors
73.
According to an industry survey, which card game was most popular with men in 1940?
Hide Answer
Answer:
Contract Bridge
74.
According to an industry survey, which card game was the most popular for women in 1940?
Hide Answer
Answer:
Contract Bridge
75.
The "Slinky" debuted in 1945 at which department store?
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Answer:
Gimbels
76.
The game pieces in "Easy Money" are pawns and what?
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Answer:
Houses
77.
After inventing the 1940's "Slinky" and mass-marketing it in the 1950's, what did Richard James do?
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Answer:
Joined A Cult In Bolivia
78.
What were the game pieces in the 1950's board game "Billionaire"?
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Answer:
Marbles
79.
In 1959, Transogram released a two-sided game board for playing both "Ace-Hi Horse Race" and what?
Hide Answer
Answer:
Michigan Rummy
80.
Six sets of which game disappeared from the 1959 American National Exhibition in Moscow?
Hide Answer
Answer:
Monopoly
81.
What is the name of the man on the front of the "Monopoly" box?
Hide Answer
Answer:
Mr. Monopoly
82.
Which newspaper game was made by the makers of "Monopoly"?
Hide Answer
Answer:
Scoop
83.
The object of which 1940's board game was to race a yacht around the playing board?
Hide Answer
Answer:
Ship Ahoy
84.
The inventor of "Scrabble" used which newspaper to decide how many tiles would be in his game?
Hide Answer
Answer:
The New York Times
85.
What was the original name of "Yahtzee" when it was invented in 1954?
Hide Answer
Answer:
The Yacht Game
86.
Which mystery game, created in 1956, was based on literary hero Ellery Queen?
Hide Answer
Answer:
Trapped
87.
Which television game show was investigated in 1959 by the House Committee on Legislative Oversight?
Hide Answer
Answer:
Twenty One
88.
Which 1949 game was invented to entertain children with polio?
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Answer:
Candy Land
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